Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history.

Facing the Nazi Past explores the developments and debates that were symptomatic of this shift towards a more open confrontation with the past, such as:

* the image of resistance to Hitler in united Germany
* changes at concentration camp memorial sites since 1990
* the commemoration of 8 May 1945 in 1995
* how the revelations in Goldhagen's startling book Hitler's Willing Executioners triggered new discussion
* the plans for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial.

Anyone; students, scholars or interested readers, who are involved in the study of European history, will find this an enthralling and informative read.

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Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history.

Facing the Nazi Past explores the developments and debates that were symptomatic of this shift towards a more open confrontation with the past, such as:

* the image of resistance to Hitler in united Germany
* changes at concentration camp memorial sites since 1990
* the commemoration of 8 May 1945 in 1995
* how the revelations in Goldhagen's startling book Hitler's Willing Executioners triggered new discussion
* the plans for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial.

Anyone; students, scholars or interested readers, who are involved in the study of European history, will find this an enthralling and informative read.

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Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

by Bill Niven
Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

Facing the Nazi Past: United Germany and the Legacy of the Third Reich

by Bill Niven

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Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history.

Facing the Nazi Past explores the developments and debates that were symptomatic of this shift towards a more open confrontation with the past, such as:

* the image of resistance to Hitler in united Germany
* changes at concentration camp memorial sites since 1990
* the commemoration of 8 May 1945 in 1995
* how the revelations in Goldhagen's startling book Hitler's Willing Executioners triggered new discussion
* the plans for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial.

Anyone; students, scholars or interested readers, who are involved in the study of European history, will find this an enthralling and informative read.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134575503
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/02/2003
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Bill Niven is Reader in German at the Nottingham Trent University. He has published widely on the ways in which West and East Germany viewed the history of the Third Reich. His recent publications include (with J.K.A.Thomaneck) Dividing and Uniting Germany (Routledge, 2000).

Table of Contents

Chronology 1933–2000 Introduction: the inclusive picture 1 Concentration camp memorial sites 2 The ‘double past’ 3 Resistance 4 8 May 1945 in political discourse 5 Daniel Jonah Goldhagen and Victor Klemperer 6 The crimes of the Wehrmacht 7 The Walser-Bubis debate 8 The Holocaust Memorial 9 The past in the present
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